Assessment of aroma active compounds in selected type of cheese

This bachelor thesis deals with the determination of aroma active compounds in white mold cheeses, i.e. soft, mold cheeses maturing from the surface. In the theoretical part, cheeses are generally characterized, their chemical composition, properties and process of production are described. After that It´s focused on aroma active compounds. The metabolism of their formation in cheese and their determination by means of solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography with mass detection are described. In the experimental part of the bachelor thesis, the SPME-GC-MS method was used for identification and semiquantitative determination of aroma active compounds in three samples of white mold cheeses made in the Czech Republic purchased in a market. Comparison of cheeses showed differences in the number and types of determined compounds as well as in total contents. A total of 66 volatile compounds were identified in samples; of those 1 aldehyde, 17 alcohols, 19 esters, 9 carboxylic acids, 15 ketones, 1 sulphur compound ¨ and 3 hydrocarbons